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Название книги: The Sword of the Lady
Автор(ы): S Stirling
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
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CHAPTER ONE
THE WILD LANDS (FORMERLY ILLINOIS) MIDDLE ILLINOIS RIVER AUGUST18, CHANGE YEAR 24/2022 AD?Shining pearl within the crimson sky,Guide me in the coming nightPerfect seed within the humble husk,Ground my feet in soil so I may risePatient leaf within the endless poolCalm me when the torrent fallsGentle wind within the slanting grassBear me ever on until I rest-?Rudi Mackenzie and Edain hadn?t been singing the hymn; more of a breathy whisper, though it rang loud in their minds as the moon rose enormous on the horizon, and they?d come down here below the lip of the valley where there was more cover for the rite. Rudi stopped instantly when a stick snapped. The warm sense of communion ghosted away like dust in a desert, and he sank down behind the tangle of wild rose in a motion that was swift but smooth rather than a catch-the-eye jerk.Five paces to his right and a little behind him Edain Aylward Mackenzie did the same; his great shaggy half-mastiff bitch Garbh vanished even more compl